Tax credit to help fund 100 new jobs at tech firm ICC

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Jul 29, 2014 at 12:01 AMJul 29, 2014 at 6:29 AM

An information-technology firm is adding 100 employees and expanding its North Side headquarters in one of several central Ohio projects approved for state tax credits yesterday. Information Control Co. is to begin hiring in September and complete the expansion over three years. Its offices are near Cleveland Avenue and I-270.

Dan Gearino, The Columbus Dispatch

An information-technology firm is adding 100employees and expanding its North Side headquarters in one of several central Ohio projects approved for state tax credits yesterday.

Information Control Co. is to begin hiring in September and complete the expansion over three years. Its offices are near Cleveland Avenue and I-270.

“With access to central Ohio’s exceptional, technology-oriented talent pool, we knew the Columbus region was the right location to continue to build our business and our team,” said Steven Glaser, the company’s CEO, in a statement.

The company, often called ICC, has more than 450 employees and handles data analysis and other high-tech work for clients across the country and abroad. In addition to the hiring, the company is to add 10,000 square feet to its headquarters.

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved tax credits for ICC, amending and extending an income-tax credit from 2011 that was worth an estimated $443,000 at the time. The company has already met its hiring commitments under the 2011 deal and now has the opportunity to earn additional incentives for the 100 new jobs. The estimated value of the new aid package was not immediately available.

“It’s not only a win for ICC, because of the Columbus region’s broad access to technology consumers, it’s also a win for Columbus, with more high-paying jobs coming to our community,” said Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman in a statement.

Also approved for tax incentives were:

• Basecraft, a Downtown marketing firm that plans to add 30 jobs to its staff of five and make $100,000 worth of improvements to its offices.

• Goken America, a Dublin engineering firm that plans to add 15 jobs and spend $1.4 million to move to a larger location in Dublin.

• MPW Industrial Services, an industrial cleaning and facility-management service in Union Township in Licking County that plans to add 25 jobs and spend $4.4 million to expand its building.